[ubuntu-za] SOLVED -Sort of. Thunderbirdv12.01 Backup and Restore between 10.04 & mint12?

[Vincent]

On 05/24/2012 09:28 PM, Jan Greeff wrote:
> If it helps any, when I upgraded to 12.04, I made sure that there is 
> no .thunderbird folder in the home folder, then pasted my .thunderbird 
> profile into the home folder. Worked perfectly.
>
> Jan
>
>
> On 24/05/2012 19:10, vincent wrote:
>> On Thu, 2012-05-24 at 09:08 +0200, FransIT wrote:
>>> It would seem like the fresh install do not have a profiles folder 
>>> under
>>> which the profiles are saved,
>>> The profiles.ini file do however stil look and work teh same you should
>>> find it under /*~/.thunderbird*/
>>> Just copying your old email folder to here should work.
>>>
>>> On 12/05/23 18:43, Vincent wrote: The only thing I can think of now 
>>> is checking that my backup&  restore
>> paths are correct.
>>
>> I'll let you know of any progress.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Vincent
>>
>>
>
Hi Jan,

  I followed you're advice and it did work just fine, so maybe copy & 
paste is the new back & restore.

Thanks for all help and advice.

Regards
Vince